The Names of Allah: Al-Hayy, Al-Qayoom –29th March 2015 [PART II]

We previously mentioned that every soul shall taste death and it is Allah Al Hayy that is the one with the perfect life so we should attach ourselves to none other than Him. We musn’t attach ourself to this temporary life and we must prepare for death and work for the hereafter. We should learn about Allah, His names, attributes and actions from the Qur’an and Sunnah. Allah’s perfect life entails perfect attributes. All the names of Allah fall under Al Hayy, Al Qayoom. We have to understand the Qayoomiyah of Allah and notice its impact such that we attach ourselves to Him alone and fulfill Tawheed.

Now we are going to discuss the Qayoomiyah of Allah in the Qur’an.

In Surat Al Qasas Verse 76:

إِنَّ قَارُونَ كَانَ مِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰ فَبَغَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ وَآتَيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْكُنُوزِ مَا إِنَّ مَفَاتِحَهُ لَتَنُوءُ بِالْعُصْبَةِ أُولِي الْقُوَّةِ إِذْ قَالَ لَهُ قَوْمُهُ لَا تَفْرَحْ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفَرِحِينَIndeed, Qarun was from the people of Moses, but he tyrannized them. And We gave him of treasures whose keys would burden a band of strong men; thereupon his people said to him, “Do not exult. Indeed, Allah does not like the exultant.

Allah is mentioning the story of Qarun. Allah had given him huge treasures, the keys of which were so heavy that even strong men found it difficult to carry.

But seek, through that which Allah has given you, the home of the Hereafter; and [yet], do not forget your share of the world. And do good as Allah has done good to you. And desire not corruption in the land. Indeed, Allah does not like corrupters.”

His people advised him to use whatever Allah had given him to seek the reward of the Hereafter, They advised him to do good as Allah had done good to Him.

He said, “I was only given it because of knowledge I have.” Did he not know that Allah had destroyed before him of generations those who were greater than him in power and greater in accumulation [of wealth]? But the criminals, about their sins, will not be asked.

After the people told him of Allah’s actions towards him, he said he was given it due to his own knowledge.

It was said that Qarun had knowledge of turning metal into gold. This was knowledge Allah bestowed on Him. But he attributed the blessings to himself, not to Allah.

And those who had wished for his position the previous day began to say, “Oh, how Allah extends provision to whom He wills of His servants and restricts it! If not that Allah had conferred favor on us, He would have caused it to swallow us. Oh, how the disbelievers do not succeed!”

There are people whom Allah makes wealthy and others whom He makes poor. This is in Allah’s hand. This is according to His will. He knows whom to make rich, and whom to make poor. He knows when to give provision and when to withhold it because He is the All Wise, Al Hakeem.

And We gave understanding of the case to Solomon, and to each [of them] We gave judgement and knowledge. And We subjected the mountains to exalt [Us], along with David and [also] the birds. And We were doing [that].

Allah informs us about an event that happened with Dawood and Suleiman(Peace and blessings of Allah be upon them). They judged concerning a field. It was said that one man had a flock of sheep and another man had a farm. One night, the sheep ran to the farm and destroyed the crops. In the morning these men went to Dawood and Suleiman (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon them) to judge between them. Dawood (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to let the owner of the farm take all the sheep. Suleiman (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to let the owner of the sheep give his sheep to the owner of the farm and benefit from it until he reforms his field again.

And Allah was a witness over their judgement.

Allah made Suleiman (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) understand the situation. He gave them both judgement and knowledge and subjected the mountains and birds to glorify with Dawood(Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). These are all actions of Allah.

Whenever we understand something we should say Allah made us understand and attribute the blessing to Allah. It’s not due to our intelligence, experience, or our knowledge.

And We taught him the fashioning of coats of armor to protect you from your [enemy in] battle. So will you then be grateful?

The relation between the beginning and end of this verse is that We must be grateful to Allah, as He is the one who taught us. We praise the teacher and forget to thank and praise Allah for the knowledge. Allah is the One who taught the teacher to teach you. It is Allah who teaches us.

5-Allah wanted to show Fir’aun that His will overpowered Fir’aun’s will.

If you read this story in Surat Al-Qasas, you will see how Allah’s will overpowered Fir’aun’s. He gave authority to Musa (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and Bani Israeel and drowned Fir’aun. Notice the actions of Allah.

When you attribute all the blessings to Allah you will rely on Him alone in all your affairs, because you know Allah is Qayoom over you. You will not worry or fear. In this way your Eeman will increase.

In Surat Al-‘Anbiya’ Verses 9-11

The actions of Allah mentioned are, Allah rescued the Prophets (Peace and blessings be upon them) and their followers, He destroyed the wrongdoers and brought out a new generation

Whenever you hear that a town has been completely destroyed in the news, know that it is the action of Allah. He destroyed that town and He did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves.

Attribute the correct actions to Allah, the ones mentioned in the Qur’an and Sunnah. This should be our manners with Allah.

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